Biographies

Mr. David H. Lissy has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company effective January 1, 2018. Mr. Lissy served as Chief Development Officer of the Company from 1998 until January 2002. He also served as Executive Vice President from June 2000 to January 2002. He joined Bright Horizons in August 1997 and served as Vice President of Development until the merger with CorporateFamily Solutions, Inc. in July 1998. Prior to joining Bright Horizons, Mr. Lissy served as senior vice president/general manager at Aetna U.S. Healthcare in the New England region. Prior to that Mr. Lissy held a similar role at US Healthcare, Inc. prior to that company’s acquisition by Aetna. Mr. Lissy currently serves on the boards of Altegra Health, Jumpstart and Ithaca College. Mr. Lissy’s experience prior to joining the Company, his leadership at many charitable, business services and educational organizations, and his leadership and management of the Company’s day-to-day operations and strategic direction provides the Board with a deeper understanding of the Company’s business processes and strategic plan and provides him with considerable experience and a breadth of management skills necessary to serve as a vital member of the Board.

Ms. Linda A. Mason is Independent Chairman of the Board of the Company. She co-founded Bright Horizons in 1986, and served as director and its President from 1986 to 1998. She has served as a director and Chair of the Board of the Company since 1998. Prior to co-founding Bright Horizons, Ms. Mason was a co-director of the Save the Children relief and development effort in the Sudan and worked as a program officer with CARE in Thailand. In addition to her duties as Chair of our Board, from 1998 through 2013, Ms. Mason served as a part-time employee of the Company, with responsibilities that included participation in Company trainings, conferences, culture-building and representing the Company from time to time on industry matters and in public policy discussions. Ms. Mason is the wife of Roger H. Brown, who is also a director of the Company. From 1993 to 2007, Ms. Mason served as director of Whole Foods Market. Ms. Mason currently serves on the boards of Horizons for Homeless Children, the Advisory Board of the Yale University School of Management, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Mercy Corps and the Packard Foundation.

Mr. Stephen H. Kramer has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director the Company effective January 1, 2018. Mr. Kramer served as the Chief Development Officer from January 2014 until December 2015 and as Senior Vice President, Strategic Growth & Global Operations from January 2010 until December 2013. He served as Managing Director, Europe based in the United Kingdom from January 2008 until December 2009. He joined Bright Horizons in September 2006 through the acquisition of College Coach, which he cofounded and led for eight years. Previously he was an Associate at Fidelity Ventures, the venture capital arm of Fidelity Investments and a consultant with Arthur D. Little.

Ms. Elizabeth J. Boland is Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Ms. Boland joined Bright Horizons in September 1997 and served as Chief Financial Officer and, subsequent to the merger between Bright Horizons and CorporateFamily Solutions, Inc. in July 1998, served as Senior Vice President of Finance for the Company until June 1999. From 1994 to 1997, Ms. Boland was chief financial officer of The Visionaries, Inc., an independent television production company. From 1990 to 1994, Ms. Boland served as vice president-finance for Olsten Corporation, a publicly traded provider of home-health care and temporary staffing services. From 1981 to 1990, she worked on the audit staff at Price Waterhouse, LLP in Boston, completing her tenure as a senior audit manager.

Ms. Mandy Berman is Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer of the Company. Ms. Berman served as Executive Vice President, Back-up and Global Operations and, from September 2005 to December 2013, she served as Vice President, Back-up Care Operations and then Senior Vice President, Back-up Care Operations. Ms. Berman joined Bright Horizons through the acquisition of ChildrenFirst, Inc. in 2005 and as Vice President of Special Projects. Prior to joining Bright Horizons, Ms. Berman was part of the founding team for Project Achieve, a provider of management information systems for charter and public schools, and was a management consultant for the Parthenon Group.

Mr. Stephen I. Dreier is Executive Vice President, Secretary of the Company. He joined Bright Horizons as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in August 1988 and became its Secretary in November 1988 and Treasurer in September 1994. Mr. Dreier served as Bright Horizons’ Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer until September 1997, at which time he was appointed to the position of Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Dreier served as Chief Administrative Officer of the Company from 1997 until December 2015. From 1976 to 1988, Mr. Dreier was Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration for the John S. Cheever/Paperama Company.

Ms. Mary Lou Burke Afonso is Chief Operating Officer, North America Center Operations of the Company. Ms. Burke Afonso served as the Company’s Executive Vice President of North America Center Operations from January 2014 until December 2015 and, from January 2005 to December 2013, she served as Senior Vice President, Client Relations. Prior to that she has served as in a variety of leadership positions in Finance, Center Operations, Business Operations, Client Relations, and College Coach. Prior to joining Bright Horizons in 1995, Ms. Burke Afonso served as the controller for BOSE Corporation in France and controller of their retail division in the U.S. She also worked on the audit staff at Price Waterhouse, LLP in Boston.

Ms. Julie Atkinson is Director of the company. She has served as Senior Vice President, Global Digital at Tory Burch since February 2017. Prior to joining Tory Burch, Ms. Atkinson served in various leadership roles at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Digital from November 2014 to January 2017 and as Vice President of Global Online Distribution from September 2012 until November 2014. Prior to joining Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Ms. Atkinson held multiple roles at Travelocity including marketing, operations and revenue. Ms. Atkinson received her BA in Political Science and English from Amherst College.

Ms. Mary Ann Tocio is Director of the Company. Ms. Tocio joined Bright Horizons in 1992 as Vice President and General Manager of Child Care Operations, and served as Chief Operating Officer from November 1993 until the merger with CorporateFamily Solutions, Inc. in July 1998. Ms. Tocio has more than thirty years of experience managing multi-site service organizations, more than twenty years of which were with the Company. She was previously the senior vice president of operations for Health Stop Medical Management, Inc., a national provider of ambulatory care and occupational health services. Ms. Tocio currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Burlington Stores, Inc. and Civitas Solutions (The MENTOR Network). Additionally, Ms. Tocio serves on the boards of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a non-profit health benefits and insurance organization, Veritas Collaborative, a hospital system specializing in eating disorders, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Telecare, Inc., a provider of complex behavioral healthcare needs. Ms. Tocio served as a member of the board of directors of Mac-Gray Corporation from 2006 to 2013.

Mr. Lawrence M. Alleva is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Alleva is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and spent his professional career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), including 28 years as a partner, from 1971 until his retirement in 2010. At PwC he served clients ranging from Fortune 500 and multi-national companies to rapid-growth companies pursuing initial public offerings. Mr. Alleva also served in a senior national leadership role for PwC’s Ethics and Compliance Group to manage the design and implementation of best practice procedures, internal controls and monitoring activities, including PwC’s response to inspection reports issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Mr. Alleva currently serves as a director and chair of the audit committees of Adaptimmune Therapeutics PLC, Tesaro, Inc. and Mirna Therapeutics Inc., and, through December 2013, served in a similar capacity for GlobalLogic, Inc. He has served as a trustee of Ithaca College for over 20 years, including in the vice chair role for ten years.

Mr. Joshua Bekenstein is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Bekenstein spent several years at Bain & Company, where he was involved with companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Bekenstein serves as a director of The Michaels Companies, Inc. and Canada Goose Holdings Inc. He previously served on the boards of Burlington Stores, Inc., and Waters Corporation, each until March 2017. Mr. Bekenstein’s many years of experience both as a senior executive of a large investment firm and as a director of companies in various business sectors, including ours, make him highly qualified to serve on our Board.

Mr. Roger H. Brown is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Brown was Chief Executive Officer of the Company from June 1999 until December 2001, President of the Company from July 1998 until May 2000 and Executive Chairman of the Company from June 2000 until June 2004. Mr. Brown co-founded Bright Horizons and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bright Horizons from its inception in 1986 until the merger with CorporateFamily Solutions in July 1998. Mr. Brown is the husband of Linda A. Mason, who is Chair of the Board. Mr. Brown is a co-founder of Horizons for Homeless Children, a non-profit that provides support for children and their families. He serves on the board of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts.

Mr. E. Townes Duncan is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Duncan was the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of Comptronix Corporation, a provider of electronics contract manufacturing services. Mr. Duncan also served as a vice president and principal of Massey Burch Investment Group, Inc., a venture capital firm and the predecessor of Massey Burch Capital Corp., from 1985 to 1993. In addition, Mr. Duncan is a director of numerous private companies and previously served on the board of directors of several private and public companies, including J. Alexander’s Corporation, an owner and operator of casual dining restaurants. Mr. Duncan was also a member of our Board from 1998 until May 2008.

Mr. Jordan Hitch is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Hitch was a consultant at Bain & Company where he worked in the financial services, healthcare and utility industries. Mr. Hitch serves on the board of directors of The Gymboree Corporation and Burlington Stores, Inc.

Ms. Marguerite W. Kondracke is Independent Director of the Company. She served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company for one year and then as Co-Chair of the Board of the Company from 1999 until 2001 and served as a director until 2003. She began serving as a director of the Company in 1998. From 2003 to 2004, she served as Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families. Ms. Kondracke returned to the Company’s Board in 2004, and from 2004 until May 2012, also served as president and chief executive officer of America’s Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization founded by Colin Powell that advocates for the strength and well-being of America’s children and youth. Ms. Kondracke also serves on the board of LifePoint Health, Inc. Ms. Kondracke served as a member of the board of directors of Saks, Inc. from 1997 to 2013 and Rosetta Stone from 2011 to 2015.

Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot served as a director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation from 1991 to 2007 and as chair from 2001 to 2007. She is currently deputy chair of the board of directors of Atlantic Philanthropies, where she has served since 2007, and previously served as chair of the Academic Affairs Committee of the board of trustees of Berklee College of Music from September 2007 until March 2012. She was re-elected to the Berklee board of trustees in March 2014 and is a trustee of the WGBH Educational Foundation where she has served since 2001. Dr. Lawrence-Lightfoot’s expertise in child development, teacher training, classroom structures and processes, curriculum development, parent/teacher relationships, educational policies and organizational matters continue to provide an invaluable resource to the Board.

Ms. Cathy E. Minehan is Independent Director of the Company. Ms. Minehan retired as Dean of the School of Management of Simmons College in June 2016 having held that position since August 2011. Ms. Minehan retired from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in July 2007, after serving 39 years with the Federal Reserve System. From July 1994 until her retirement, she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and served on the Federal Open Market Committee. She also was the first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from July 1991 to July 1994. Ms. Minehan currently serves on the board of directors and as a member of the audit and compensation committees of MITRE, a federally funded research and development corporation. She is also chair of the board of trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a board member of Partners Healthcare System, and co-chair of the Boston Women’s Workforce Council. She previously served on the board of directors of Visa, Inc., as a member of its audit committee, from November 2007 to January 2017, the board of directors of MassMutual Life Insurance Company, a private company, from August 2009 to April 2017 and as a member of the board of directors of Becton, Dickinson and Company from November 2007 to January 2012. Ms. Minehan is also a member of the University of Rochester’s board of trustees, serves on a number of other non-profit boards in the areas of health care, education and public broadcasting and is an elected fellow of the America Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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